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Simon Armitage and Daniel Thorne

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Liverpool-based saxophonist and composer Daniel Thorne join Elizabeth Alker and an audience at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Liverpool-based saxophonist and composer Daniel Thorne join Elizabeth Alker and an audience at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Simon discusses the responsibilities of a poet laureate during a pandemic - and his theory that the comfort of poetry can be found in paying attention - as poetry is the art of concentration.

And a recollection of Iceland leads him to ponder the question... is there a North?

Presented by Elizabeth Alker
Produced by Kevin Core

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Mar 2022 21:30

Music Played

  • Daniel Thorne

    Improvisation 1

    Performer: Daniel Thorne.
  • Daniel Thorne

    Dew Point

    Performer: Daniel Thorne.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Mar 2022 21:30